Now with a 7-5 record and in second place in the NFC West, trailing the 8-3-1 San Francisco 49ers and hoping for an NFC Wild Card playoff berth, the Seahawks return home next week to face the trainwreck that are the Arizona Cardinals. And, unbeaten at CenturyLink Field this season, the Seahawks get to play three of their remaining four games in Seattle — with the other one at a relatively neutral location when they take on the Buffalo Bills in Toronto on Dec. 16.

Though they lost to the Cards 20-16 in Glendale, Ariz., to open the season back on Sept. 9, the Seahawks are heavily favored to beat Arizona this time around. The Cardinals are on an eight-game losing streak, falling 7-6 to the Jets on Sunday in New York, and haven’t won a game since their 24-21 overtime victory against the Dolphins on Sept. 30. Meanwhile, the Bills are 5-7 after beating the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.

For Seattle, that leaves matchups with San Francisco on Dec. 23 and St. Louis on Dec. 30. Both games are at CenturyLink Field, giving the Seahawks a better chance to come out on top, as they’ve been playing much better at home this season. Seattle lost 13-6 to the 49ers on Oct. 18 in San Fran and fell 19-13 to the Rams on Sept. 30 in St. Louis, but the team has improved markedly since those two road losses.

The Denver Broncos also helped out the Seahawks on Sunday by beating Tampa Bay 31-23. The Buccaneers were right behind the Seahawks in the NFC Wild Card race but have now fallen to 6-6, giving Seattle a little more breathing room at No. 6 in the NFC.

The Rams, interestingly, also changed things for the Seahawks by upsetting the 49ers 16-13 in overtime on Sunday. Thanks to San Francisco’s loss, the Seahawks could potentially come back to win the NFC West — however unlikely. Seattle would need to win out the rest of the season (including a victory over the 49ers) and the Niners would need to lose to New England when the teams meet Dec. 16.

If the playoffs started today, Seattle would be the sixth seed coming into the NFC Wild Card round. With the current standings, the Seahawks would again face the three-seed Green Bay Packers, who moved into first place in the NFC North on Sunday after beating the Minnesota Vikings and after Seattle beat the Bears. (Green Bay holds a tiebreaker over Chicago from a victory Sept. 13.)

Of course, the Seahawks beat the Packers 14-12 in Week 3 on that controversial game-winning touchdown on “Monday Night Football.” But a second face-off with Green Bay would be a sizeable challenge in an NFC Wild Card playoff game.